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Bostwick-Braun Purchases Blackstone Supply

As a result, Blackstone Supply will now operate as a wholly owned Bostwick-Braun subsidiary, expanding the Bostwick-Braun Company into Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. Blackstone Supply will now be called Blackstone Supply LLC, A Bostwick-Braun Company, and will continue to operate out of its Providence distribution center, Bostwick-Braun Company Chairman and CEO William R. Bollin said.

Former owners George Hebert and Al Desrochers will continue as president and vice president of Blackstone Supply LLC, A Bostwick-Braun Company.

“I am very excited and looking forward at the opportunities for both companies. We are able to combine our strengths helping our customers navigate through this difficult economy,” Desrochers says.

He also said the acquisition was a good fit for employees of both companies.

“Over the years, both Bostwick and Blackstone employees have worked together as PRO members, so we bring not only new opportunities to our customers but new friends,” he says.